Brantingham Thorpe is a
Grade II listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...
country house near
Brantingham
Brantingham is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, about north of Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire, Brough, west of Kingston upon Hull, Hull and north of the A63 road. The United Kin ...
in the
East Riding of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, often abbreviated to the East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, S ...
, England. It was once owned by the
Sykes family
The Sykes family of Sledmere own Sledmere House in Yorkshire, England.
Family history
The Sykes family settled in Sykes Dyke near Carlisle in Cumberland during the Middle Ages. The earliest correspondence in the Sykes archives relates to Ric ...
of
Sledmere
Sledmere is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, about north-west of Driffield on the B1253 road.
The village lies in a civil parish which is also officially called "Sledmere" by the Office for National Statistics, although th ...
. According to
Francis Orpen Morris
Francis Orpen Morris (25 March 1810 – 10 February 1893) was an Anglo-Irish clergyman, notable as "parson-naturalist" (ornithologist and entomologist) and as the author of many children's books and books on natural history and heritage buildin ...
(1880) "Brantingham Thorpe stands on a high terrace commanding a most extensive and beautiful view of the course of the river Humber for more than twenty miles."
George Devey
George Devey (1820, London – 1886, Hastings, Sussex) was an English architect notable for his work on country houses and their estates, especially those belonging to the Rothschild family. The second son of Frederick and Ann Devey, he was bo ...
worked on the house.
It is currently the registered address of a Care Home company.
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Country houses in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Grade II listed buildings in the East Riding of Yorkshire
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